Can any bakers on here tell me if this recipe looks ok - ready brek cake?

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ngredients:
235ml water,
45g Ready brek Chocolate oats,
100g butter or spread,
200g brown sugar,
2 tbs cocoa powder,
1 tsp vanilla essence,
2 eggs,
135g plain flour,
1 tsp baking powder,
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda.
Method:
Combine the water and the Ready brek in a saucepan.
Place the saucepan on the hob and simmer the water and Ready brek for 2-3 minutes – careful, it’s hot!
Remove from heat and mix in remaining ingredients. Once combined, pour the mixture into a greased round 10-inch cake tin and bake at 195 degrees C in a fan oven for 10 minutes.
Then reduce the temperature to 175 degrees C in a fan oven and bake for another 25 minutes or until cooked (when an inserted knife comes out clean).
Leave on a rack to cool before tipping the cake out of the tin.

I have an 8 inch cake tin which seems massive, I cant imagine a 10 inch one, is that normal? (no sniggering)

Sounds stodgy. What made you choose this recipe?

What are you asking?

Have you made it?

Are you asking if other people have?

I think it has a lot of sugar, usually cakes have a similar weight of sugar to flour and fat - unless the Ready Brek oats are very bitter!

10 inch cake tins are normal for a large cake mix, maybe the oats are very bulky?

Unless you are trying to use up readybrek, I think I would give this a miss and make a proper cake.

Yes Im trying to use up ready brek!

I dont mind stodgy to be honest, but the cake tin sounds massive and I dont have that size anyway, in fact I only have one size of cake tin. I am not a natural baker

I also like experimentation but it does need to be fairly edible at the end of it.

And I dont have chocolate ready brek in any case, its just normal

I don't think I'd waste the other ingredients just to use up ready brek, it doesn't read great and when I google the pic that comes up with that recipe is clearly not for the recipe as it's showing a much smaller than 10" 2 layer cake so that makes me mistrust it straight away!

I think it will be really heavy just two eggs to all the oats and flour. I'm make a normal chocolate cake and use the ready brek in oaty biscuits.

That sounds utterly disgusting and a complete waste of the other ingredients in order to use up ready brek. Bin the ready brek, or eat it for breakfast if you actually like it.

I wouldn't waste 100g of butter on 45g of Readybrek...

I dont eat ready brek myself but cant stand food waste and feel like it must be able to be used for something else, its only ground oats after all?

I found a cake called left over porridge cake which seems quite nice but because Im not a baker I dont know from looking at a recipe what ratios go with what and what is a good recipe option

Maybe cookies would be easier and wouldn’t need a tin? Something like this if you swap out the oats for ready brek, not sure what the texture would be like but they should be edible

They look fantastic

I also found this

https://fivelittledoves.com/collaborations/ready-brek-honey-raisin-breakfast-bars/

Clare Thompson (5 o'clock apron on insta) who I rate and has done cheffing and written various books has this -a leftover porridge bread.. I've not made it but people rate it!

5oclockapron.com/guardian-column/2014/10/27/leftover-porridge-bread

As oats I'd be more inclined to put it into brown bread or oaty biscuits rather than trying to turn it into cake.

I'd just whizz it in a blender which makes it into oat flour and use it in recipes that need oat flour. I've made these waffles before, and you could also make oat flour pancakes https://cookieandkate.com/easy-gluten-free-oat-waffles/

meant to post the youtube link

This is what I was going to suggest make it oat flour and then use it as such

Compared to a victoria sandwich, It’s equal quantities flour/oat and sugar, and half the usual fat.

So a lower fat sponge. I’d make it.

Well we dont really eat bread or waffles but biscuits Im very interested in

I will look at the porridge bread though

I dont mind a stodgy cake, but the cookies or biscuits would be easier anyway for me

This time of year, I’d do a parkin! It genuinely needs blitzed oats. Don’t overtake it and wrap it up in a foil for a few days after to let it get really dense and sticky.
This is a pretty good recipe: www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/220390/recipe/yorkshire-parkin

That looks nice if I ate bread.

Also that brand is what Im looking at for a nice little heater for the kitchen!

You could put spoonfuls ready brek in a pop sock and put it in your bath water to make your skin soft.

Look, there's a reason you have left over ready brek. It's because it's horrible and no one wants to eat it. And if you make a ready brek cake it will also be horrible and no one will want to eat it and you'll have wasted your other ingredients.

OMG, what have you done!

This has to be the recipe for me!

😄 I usually make one around Halloween for bonfire night - it’s a proper stick to your ribs type cake and is great for mid morning with a mug of strong (Yorkshire!) tea.

Waste of butter.